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Dennis Donovan

(30,517 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 11:56 AM 16 hrs ago

Hakeem Jefferies: Average SS recipient lives on $65/day. Elon's contracts make about $8M/day

Marco Foster
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NOW: Hakeem Jefferies speaks on Elon Musk and DOGE cuts to essential programs: “The average Social Security recipient lives on $65/day. Elon Musk right now has contracts with the federal government that make about $8 MILLION a day. If you want to go after waste, fraud and abuse, start right there”

April 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM

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Hakeem Jefferies: Average SS recipient lives on $65/day. Elon's contracts make about $8M/day (Original Post) Dennis Donovan 16 hrs ago OP

Um. Is the podium out for repairs? LuvLoogie 16 hrs ago #1

Yes, those are the Capitol steps. soldierant 11 hrs ago #6

I'm a little below average central scrutinizer 16 hrs ago #2

I live on half that amount so I must be half average. elocs 15 hrs ago #4

Me too. However, I have soldierant 11 hrs ago #5

We seniors are well aware of that. What are you planning on doing about it? Autumn 16 hrs ago #3

Ha! I wish I had $65 to live on. misanthrope 11 hrs ago #7

I get his point, but $23,725 a year in SS benefits valleyrogue 10 hrs ago #8

LuvLoogie

(7,982 posts)

1. Um. Is the podium out for repairs?

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 12:16 PM

16 hrs ago

Are those the Capitol steps?

soldierant

(8,422 posts)

6. Yes, those are the Capitol steps.

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:21 PM

11 hrs ago

It's a "sit-in protest" of the GOP budget.

central scrutinizer

(12,565 posts)

2. I'm a little below average

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 12:26 PM

16 hrs ago

The median would be a better measure of the “middle”. Distributions involving money are almost always skewed to the right.

elocs

(24,119 posts)

4. I live on half that amount so I must be half average.

Reply to central scrutinizer (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:36 PM

15 hrs ago

I get by ok because of my low rent.

soldierant

(8,422 posts)

5. Me too. However, I have

Reply to central scrutinizer (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:18 PM

11 hrs ago

a small pension which put me just a little above average. Just a little.

Autumn

(47,726 posts)

3. We seniors are well aware of that. What are you planning on doing about it?

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 12:46 PM

16 hrs ago

misanthrope

(8,691 posts)

7. Ha! I wish I had $65 to live on.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:23 PM

11 hrs ago

I am scraping by at far below that.

valleyrogue

(2,029 posts)

8. I get his point, but $23,725 a year in SS benefits

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:38 PM

10 hrs ago

is way more than I get and what a lot of people get, especially women who aren't living off a spousal benefit. At least I have a small pension, a full-time public sector job for which I am eligible for that pension if I can ever retire, and my SS benefit.

My "lifestyle" of upwards of $60k at age 70 can't be sustained. I am not looking forward to the day I have to quit my job.

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